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[ryuukojin]

I'm curious LJ buddies. What would you say are the symptoms of bad sportsmanship or being a sore-loser?

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[pyrobovaphiliac]

I'd say the primary symptoms of poor sportsmanship are grief play, complaints about the fairness of the game that are unrelated to balance issues, and general complaining. Symptoms of being a sore loser are similar to the latter two of the above symptoms, and blaming others for actions within their own control that took place in the game.

[bujakalaka]

Failing to distinguish between what occurs in what should be a value-neutral zone (the game of play) and what occurs outside of it. This can apply both to winners and losers. I barely ever play games in groups, but I'm regularly in fairly-intense group debates with my fellow graduate students. The key is to distinguish between the passion one feels for winning the argument (or game) from how one feels about someone personally. If either the winner or loser gets too caught up in their happiness at winning, or their agony at losing, those feelings can transform into personal animosity or pettiness--and that's when we get poor sportsmanship.

[fractal_empire]

^ What he said.

[vanessap85]

not participating in traditional post-game handshake or other traditions

crying caused by losing

continuously blaming outside conditions when you lose but saying it was pure skill when you win

treating the winner uncourteously

intending to harm an opponent